More than two dozens demonstrators have been detained, after clashes erupted on the streets of Diyarbakir in Turkey. <br /><br /> Anger is boiling over the arrest of the joint mayors of the mainly Kurdish city, who are accused of having links to militants.<br /><br /> Police moved in with tear gas and water cannon.<br /><br /> Gulten Kisanak, Diyabakir’s first female mayor, and Firat Anli, her co-mayor, were detained on Tuesday.<br /><br /> This, part of a security crackdown, after more than a year of violence in the region. <br /><br /> The arrests also sparked protests in Istanbul. <br /><br /> Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the removal of elected officials and civil servants – accused of links to the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK – is crucial in Ankara’s battle against the armed group.<br /><br /> Last month, new administrators were appointed in two dozen Kurdish-run municipalities, after the elected mayors were removed over suspected connections with militants.<br />
